Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1942. Reef corals from the California Middle Eocene. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(34):503-510
Belongs to Favia according to J. W. Durham 1942
See also López-Pérez 2005
Sister taxa: Favia africana, Favia aquitaniensis, Favia beaumaderiensis, Favia clarki, Favia claudiensis, Favia corallina, Favia corollaris, Favia costata, Favia cotteaui, Favia dalmatina, Favia danae, Favia denticulata, Favia dominicensis, Favia ehrenbergi, Favia exilis, Favia falloti, Favia faviodes, Favia favioides, Favia flexuosa, Favia fragum, Favia friedbergi, Favia gotschevi, Favia gravida, Favia gregoryi, Favia gresslyi, Favia haimei, Favia haipensis, Favia hemispherica, Favia jezoensis, Favia junghuhni, Favia jurensis, Favia kabyliensis, Favia kimmeridgiensis, Favia leptophylla, Favia lobata, Favia maastrichtensis, Favia macdonaldi, Favia macrocalyx, Favia macrotheca, Favia madhuwalensis, Favia magnifica, Favia magniflora, Favia maoadentrensis, Favia mathai, Favia melitae, Favia meneguzzoi, Favia merriami, Favia nantuacensis, Favia oishii, Favia okeni, Favia ornata, Favia planissima, Favia praeamplior, Favia profunda, Favia ritteneri, Favia somaliensis, Favia striatula, Favia subdenticulata, Favia texana, Favia turbinata, Favia valfinensis, Favia vokesae, Favia weisbordi
Type specimen: CAS 7730. Its type locality is Domengine Reef, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Mabury Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore
Distribution: found only at Domengine Reef
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